Virtual Bookstore Citation Title INCLUDING THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN DESIGN OF COMMAND AND CONTROL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS: THE KOALAS CONCEPT Author(s) Colton, Rodney A.; Ganze, Robert H. Corporate Author(s) NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC Report Date 3/26/1993 Page Count 33 Abstract The rapidly developing technology of command and control and decision support systems requires improvement in the way the human element is integrated into the system. The limitation of human cognitive capacity must not be exceeded, or the system will fail. A properly designed decision support system should include provision for the heuristics that are likely to be employed by a decision maker when faced with a rapidly changing and and information intensive situation and incomplete or questionable data. Many measures to effectiveness have bee proposed for battle management and C2 systems. In this paper, where system consist of an integrated combination of a human decision maker and his decision support system, three measures of effectiveness are proposed and discussed. Improvements in performance of the total system can be made by improving the efficiency of information exchange between the DM and the support system. The KOALAS architecture has been shown to be an effective implementation of a simulation and rule based expert system which can increase the efficiency of information exchange between the human decision maker and the decision support system. Potential improvements in KOALAS' architecture are discussed with recommendations for improving its employment and utility. Price: $9.95 Available as PDF for download.   Prices are plus sales tax when purchased within New York State and shipping charges, if applicable